Law Exit Opportunities

Curious to hear of success stories from former banking and finance associates (borrower side) who have transitioned in-house or other law or non-law roles like in operations or general corporate/strat… more

Compliance (CCO) role at a fund — would you do it? What’s the pay like at a small fund? Good move from BL?

Anyone recover from being pigeonholed early in their career

how much do SEC attorneys make?

Any recruiters for in house roles want to connect? I’ve been trying to find one for a while but having issues with lack of responsiveness. I am looking for a litigation/compliance/investigations in ho… more

Not really a law exit but I have an opportunity that I'm not sure about. I've been in public interest law for 11 years. I am in a leadership position but not terribly happy. I've been offe… more

Not sure this is "exit" per se but has anyone done work with Attorneys in Motion?

I spent 7 years in biglaw doing mostly antitrust and class actions. I left two years ago to go to the government. I don’t love it for a variety of reasons. I’d like to go in house, but not a ton of co… more

Has anyone here transitioned from being an attorney to sports agent? Love to hear about the pros/cons and how to break into this area.

Has any one transitioned from being attorney to realtor? Any tips or thoughts? I have several years of litigation experience. Some of my experience early on was in real estate lit. I live in a high de… more

My husband (American) and I (Latin American) are living in my home country but looking to move to Miami. I have worked in Latam BigLaw for 10+ years (with 1 in US as Foreign Associate). I have an LLM.… more

Gave notice to my firm today I was leaving law for legal recruiting. Super judgmental vibes from my managing attorney and associate attorneys have me second guessing!

Submitted my first non-lawyer job application yesterday and refreshing my email every twenty minutes, lol

People that left law - did you have second thoughts about trying out other practice areas first?

Hate this job but need the money.

Does anyone have success stories of transitioning into the corporate world (not in house) ?

Curious to hear of success stories from former banking and finance associates who have transitioned in-house or other law or non-law roles (including what industries - preferably not bank related jobs… more

Has anyone successfully transitioned into sales? If so, what area of sales?

Any ideas of how to find what other career path might be better for me? I feel like I’ve done research on legal-adjacent careers and have zero interest. No clue on what would actually be fun to do, ev… more

Anyone have a connection at Thomson Reuters and willing to make an introduction? I’m interested in transitioning into one of their sales positions. Thanks!

Well I was offered a non-legal job today. Scared to take the plunge!

What are good non-traditional roles for someone who likes research and writing, but hates the discovery process and time demands required in litigation? Doing commercial lit now and can’t see a long-t… more

Anyone recover from completely nuking their career

Did anybody quite a job they hate and have it go well for them? I'm also performing badly at the job

Anyone get fired multiple times?

I’m in-house counsel for a real estate company with 3 YOE. Trying to exit from legal to legal/lease/RE consulting. Any tips for getting into places like EY, Deloitte, PWC?

When did you know the law wasn't for you?

Time to refresh the is there anyway out of law post. Context: taught (HS) before law (so don’t say teach); smaller firm; smaller market; polite passes by big market firms in past month; and 2 kids so … more

Anyone go from biglaw (for me, 250k a year) to public interest (probably ~75k a year for me) and can speak to the lifestyle changes you had to make? Single, male, late twenties. Major metro area. Than… more

For those of you who went from Big Law to Management Consulting, what was it like? How did you get the job? Do you enjoy it? What skills/character traits are transferable and which aren’t? Any pitfall… more

When did you know lawyering was not for you?

If anyone’s gone from biglaw to law librarianship, I’d love to chat!

How do you get a position teaching a seminar at a law school? My law school had a “Spanish for lawyers” and similar language classes, I would be interested in teaching something like that even if in a… more

Thinking about entering a teaching position and…cutting my biglaw salary to a third. Has anyone ever done this? I really want to do it, but the financials do frighten me a little bit. I’m 20 and singl… more

Hi there! Does anyone have any advice for the application process to a non-legal job? I’m basically worried about being asked why I’m leaving a firm to work in a different field and have them think it… more

Looking to exit for a decent paying job is hard…almost seems impossible.

I may have an interview coming up for a contracts manager position I have no experience any tips? I'm interested in the role and it requires 4 years of experience so I could use tips

When did you finally get it together